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    Challenges→Constitutional checks on the behavior of the monarch are essential to overcome the condition where a king neglects the general welfare.

    Constitutional constraints presuppose enforcement mechanisms that themselves require unconstrained sovereign authority, generating an infinite regress Hobbes identified as fatal to limited government schemes.

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    Constitutional constraints(the main subject of the statement)
    Rules or limits written into a government's constitution that are supposed to restrict what the government can do.
    Enforcement mechanisms(what makes constitutional rules effective)
    The methods and institutions (like courts or police) that actually make sure rules are followed and punish people who break them.
    Limited government(the type of government scheme this problem threatens)
    A system where the government's powers are restricted by laws (usually a constitution) so it can't become too powerful or act unfairly.
    Sovereign authority(the paradox Hobbes identified)
    The highest power in a government—the ultimate decision-maker that doesn't answer to anyone else and has the final say.
    Thomas Hobbes

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    (the philosopher credited with identifying this problem)
    A 17th-century English philosopher who argued that without a powerful ruler, society descends into chaos and violence; he believed strong government authority is necessary for peace.
    Unconstrained(describing the sovereign authority)
    Free from limits or restrictions; able to do whatever it wants without having to follow rules.
    infinite regress(modes of argumentation available to a dogmatist)
    An argument structure in which grounds are offered for a claim P, then grounds for those grounds, and so on indefinitely without ever repeating a proposition

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